Lincoln County Probate Records

William Reed, late of Boothbay. Martha, widow, declined administration 7 Sep., 1798. John Leishman, of Boothbay, Adm'r, 10 Sep., 1798. [IX, 9.] William McCobb and David Kinnaston, both of Boothbay, sureties. Inventory by John Murray McFarland, Samuel Montgomery and John Dows, all of Boothbay, 15 Sep., 1798, $363.18. [VIII, 41.] William McCobb and Samuel Montgomery, both of Boothbay, commissioners to examine claims. [VIII, 42.] Account filed 3 June, 1799. [VIII, 90.] Distribution of estate ordered 25 Nov., 1800. [VIII, 129.] Account filed 2 June, 1800. [VIII, 238.] Widow's dower set off by Jonathan Sawyer, John Murray McFarland and Samuel Montgomery, all of Boothbay, 1799. [Unrecorded.]

Source: The Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760 to 1800 (Portland, Me.: Printed for the Maine Genealogical Society, 1895), p. 337, citing Lincoln County, Maine, Probate Records.